Any ideas what it is?
Discussion
Reading C&SC this month I saw in the Lost & Found section someone sent in a pic of a unknown mystery car near Corse & Staunton which is about 5 minutes from my house, so emailed C&SC, they passed my details onto the chap that spotted the car, he kindly phoned me in the week and today I went to take some more pictures.
The car is beyond repair and I suspect has been where it is now partially in a pond for about 40 years. The bodywork is fibreglass, the rear boot has a later handle on it as there was a whole for a circular type lock and it hinged from the rear. The was black but had originally been green, it also had studs for a toneau or hood on the rear deck. The wheels had six studs on the rear and one of the wheels car still be seen albeit almost completely rusted away. The registration on the boot is EKU 16.
I am curious to know what it is / was so here are the pics.
The car is beyond repair and I suspect has been where it is now partially in a pond for about 40 years. The bodywork is fibreglass, the rear boot has a later handle on it as there was a whole for a circular type lock and it hinged from the rear. The was black but had originally been green, it also had studs for a toneau or hood on the rear deck. The wheels had six studs on the rear and one of the wheels car still be seen albeit almost completely rusted away. The registration on the boot is EKU 16.
I am curious to know what it is / was so here are the pics.
There is a website about specials built in the 1950's, I guess the guy that runs it will be able to help.
http://www.1950sspecials.com/home.htm
http://www.1950sspecials.com/home.htm
Huntsman said:
I can't help the OP but thanks to that website, I've just discovered (after about 44 years 
)that I once owned a "MARKHAM-PEASEY"
Huntsman said:
There is a website about specials built in the 1950's, I guess the guy that runs it will be able to help.
http://www.1950sspecials.com/home.htm
Thanks for that, it looks most like the Ashley 750http://www.1950sspecials.com/home.htm
That registration number was issued between September 1946 and May 1948 in Bradford; since it’s a low number, probably towards the early part of that timeframe.
If you are correct that it is an Ashley 750 then this particular car was probably originally registered as an Austin 7 before being rebodied as an Ashley.
That gives an interesting possibility. The glassfibre might be just ok. Someone may have an Austin 7 with a body beyond repair. Rather than having two classics off the road, that could donate its chassis for this body.
If I were you, I would try and bring the existence of this body to the Austin 7 owner’s fraternity.
If you are correct that it is an Ashley 750 then this particular car was probably originally registered as an Austin 7 before being rebodied as an Ashley.
That gives an interesting possibility. The glassfibre might be just ok. Someone may have an Austin 7 with a body beyond repair. Rather than having two classics off the road, that could donate its chassis for this body.
If I were you, I would try and bring the existence of this body to the Austin 7 owner’s fraternity.
I'm assuming this is the boot opening from the rear and you opened the bootlid to take the shot.
Looking through the hole in the floor I can see what looks like the flange on the end of the propshaft. Looking further forward it looks like you can see some chassis.
Is there an engine in the chassis that would give a clue?
Are there any signs of propshaft in the chassis dumped seperately?
Two propshafts must mean two vehicles.
I have had an e-mail in from the Ashley registrar which throws the identity up in the air again.....
`It Is not an Ashley 750 or Falcon.
Could be a Markham Peasey or RGS?
Seeing the from would be the clincher.
The wheels are, I suspect early Morris, possible from a van (pre-1939 M10/4) which would tie in with the cart springs.`
Someone drag the poor thing out and give it a loving home, i think it deserves it after that long being in there.......Martin
`It Is not an Ashley 750 or Falcon.
Could be a Markham Peasey or RGS?
Seeing the from would be the clincher.
The wheels are, I suspect early Morris, possible from a van (pre-1939 M10/4) which would tie in with the cart springs.`
Someone drag the poor thing out and give it a loving home, i think it deserves it after that long being in there.......Martin
I have just been kindly sent the link to this page by Russell Filby who runs the Turner Register. I can confirm that the bodyshell in the pictures is that of a Convair roadster made by Clive and Terry Wrenn of Convair Developements who built these bodies from their Leytonstone premises from late in 1955 until late 1959. The body is very similar to the Ashley 750 and the Falcon Mk1, but the small boot hatch and the shape of the rear wings is very distinctive. I'm sure that when the shell is extracted from the water and the front of the car is revealed the owner can compare it to the pictures on the Convair page of my website.
More infomation on Convair and other fibreglass bodies from this era can be found on my website www.1950sspecials.com
Rob Daniels
More infomation on Convair and other fibreglass bodies from this era can be found on my website www.1950sspecials.com
Rob Daniels
Rob Daniels said:
More infomation on Convair and other fibreglass bodies from this era can be found on my website www.1950sspecials.com
Rob Daniels
I just clicked on that link and practically shat myself when that bloody horn went off!Rob Daniels
Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff